2016 spring portfolio

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HARMAINE Tsang Suet Ming

Landscape Architecture [email protected]

Spring 2016

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Charmaine’s strong connection to ecology and design was a calling for her to switch to landscape architecture from her original profession. She has ongoing interest in intervention that juxtaposes landscape and urbanism, with a vision of shaping a sustainable modern built environment. And now, she is glad to share her transfor-mation and growth in this field. Being passionate, challenge-embracing, resourceful, she is looking forward to embarking on a landscape journey.

Preface

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MEDIATING HIGH AND LOW GROUNDSWah Fu Estate | Design Studio III

Estate-SCAPE

RESHAPING THE INVISIBLEKai Take River Design Competition

River-SCAPE

African 3-bed BungalowSouthern Sahara | The Community Planning

and Design Initiative Africa CompetitionHouse-SCAPE

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THE WATER ZIPYangon Myanmar | Design Studio IITidal-SCAPE

SPIRITUAL LIBERATION OF SULE PAGODA ROADYangon Myanmar | Design Studio IIReligious-SCAPE

LIFE RECORDSOil paintings, water colour paintings, and sketchesDocumentary-SCAPE

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7Figured Ground 1:6000

Ariel of Existing Site in Wah Fu Estate

Wah Fu Estate has a history for more than 48 years and is one of the most long-lived estates remained in Hong Kong. Lying on the highly complex topography, the public spaces were designed to adapt and preserve such characteristics.

The project was carried out in 2 parts, first was to conduct an analysis for a large area covering 2 phrases of housing development, Wah Fu Road and the estate’s shopping mall. It is followed by a specific site design to implement strategic plans and detailed specifications.

Mediating High and Low GroundsWah Fu Estate | Design Studio IIIEstate-SCAPE

8 Tree Walk Trail Public Terrace

9Public Terrace

Canopy Garden

Covered Walkways

Tree Experience at multiple levels

10Birdeye Perspective of Open Space Redesign

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Design Concepts

Linking Two Blocks

Reprogramming

Climatic Comfort

Increase Street Front and Entrance Buffer

Reorganize and combine spaces with similar level to enable better flow of traffic

between the blocks

Maintain the popular pro-gramme at the same place

Make use of the slops as a common space for both

active and passive users to interact

Central area is too exposed for passive or active activ-

ities at daytime; while in summer there are very few

places are provided with shade against sun or rainTrees and overhangs are

added in the common node

People from Wah Fu Estate II or outside the area will have the

chance to explore the area with an indicative mediation

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Common-Commercial Area

Common- Walk of Nature

Young- Sportsfield

Elderly- Equipped Sportsfield

Elderly- Sitting Out Area

Fast Route

Experience Route

Self Succeeding Less managed Planting

Self Succeeding Linear Tree Planting

Managed Tree Planting

Featured Tree Planting

Managed Shrub Planting

Irrigation Required Planting

Moist Retained Planting

Programme and Zoning Circulation

Water Flow and Water Retention Landscape Types

Plan Diagrams

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TREE WALK JOURNEYSelf-succeeding Tree

TREE WALK ENTRANCESelected Self-Succeeding Lin-

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SEMI-OVERHANG TER-RACE

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Walk of Nature

Blow Section B:B 1:100

If the project is a dialogue between urban and country side, the upper part of the design is a noun, which is static. The tree walk area is a verb, of which the land-

scape is not definitely designed and planned. It provides conditions such as shade, humidity, soil, aspects that

foster environmental processes, changes, and growth.

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Swale Sectional Diagram Over Time

Planting Strategy

At initial stage, swale is bare and water can be clearly seen being re-tained, gradually absorbed by soil

Shrub develops over moist and less exposed soil

Larger plant species develop with the soil protection and moist reten-

tion provided by shrub

A more comprehensive plant system gradually establish providing user a

different experience of tree mass

Year 1

Year 2-3

Year 4-5

Subsequent Years

Current planting schemes - pot planting and tree pit Proposed open terrace planting

Tree succession and diversification in section

Tree Planting Phrases

1:800

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Reference of Composite Wood Decking and Support

Reference of Tree Pit

Design Details- Paving and Wall

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Reference of Wooden Capped Stain/Stainless Steel Railing

Reference of Stone Panels on Concrete Retaining Wall

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Kai Tak River was once the vein of daily living and industry activities, but is now forgotten and divorced with the neighborhood. Via the Kai Tak River Design competition, our vision is clear- to rejuvenize the river that reconnect the relationship between man and environment through water landmarked open space.

Team members: Charmaine Tsang, Fiders Fu, Carol Law, Smith Liu

Reshaping the Invisible Kai Tak River Design CompetitionRiver-SCAPE

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Station plaza with waterfall feature

Tempered glass sculpture corridor next to the terrace wetland

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The 3-bed Bungalow is ideally designed for middle income family sized 4-6 members, with human and nature relationship re-appropriated in daily living. The domestic scale of landscape design is a fabric that wovens the naturalistic environment with the urban living. This integration reinforces functionality of the built space, while harmonizes the urban dwellers with local ecology. Arrangement of domestic units are highlight to achieve community formation.

Team Members: Charmaine Tsang, Jonas Tang, Yisa Chan

Southern Sahara | The Community Planning and Design Initiative Africa Design CompetitionHouse-SCAPE

African 3-bed Bungalow

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Medium sized tree

The domestic scale of landscape design is a fabric that wovens the naturalistic environment with the urban living. This integration reinforces functionality of the built space, while harmonizes the urban dwellers with local ecology.

Choices of plant species are focused on plants indigenous to Southern Sahara. Additional to the local touch, these plants are highly adoptive to domestic climate. Time and cost of management are thus minimized.

Hierarchical scale of vegetation, ranging from medium sized tree to groundcover, are planted with specific functions- shading, water retention, privacy, edibility are a few to name. Multi-scale plants also creates asthetic layering to blend urban living with naturalistic environment.

Landscape Strategies- Leverage the hardware with the soft

Evergreen + Wind breaking

Medium-sized trees are planted at two adjacent sides of the house to shade the house, and to prevent

heating up the open area.

Venetian panels increases surface area dew condensation, while

planters are elevated to shorten the distance of water conveyance to the

plants.

Medium-to-small -sized trees are planted at two adjacent sides of the house to shade the house. Shrubs

and ground cover are right beneath. Feature tress and climbers are placed

at the entrance.

Groundcover preserves moist in the soil, preventing excessive water

being evaporated.

Reduction of heat

Slow down water loss

Biodiveristy

Framing

Plant distribution

Visual Screening

Shading

Seasonal changes

Wind breaking

Evergreen + Shading Ornamental + Visual screening Ornamental + Barrier Moist + Seasonal features Vertical greeningEdible

10m+

8m

6m

2m

4m

Small sized tree Featrued tree Scrub Edible plant ClimberGround cover

kingd

raming

diveristy

e

Dew capture

Water Table

Azadirachta indica Linn.

Olea europaea L. subsp. africana M

ill.

Chukrasia tabularis

Cycas revoluta

Phoenix reclinata

Philodendron selloumH

arrisonia abyssinica Oliv

Carissa edulis (Forssk.) VahlA

cacia mellifera (Vahl.) Benth

New

arctotis hybrids

Jasminum

polyanthumThe Tapien verbena hybrid

Pennisetum am

ericanum

Horned m

elon

Digitaria exilis

Sorghum bicolor

Bougainvillea

Phoenix reclinata

Dense tree crowns slow down wind speed, together with groundcover, they help alleviate top soil erosion

Crop Community

Featured trees and climbers are visual barriers to add privacy to the

unit.

Scrubs, groundcover and climbers are species which show distinctive

seasonal changes.

Tree crowns shade house and open space, offering a more favourable

micro climate.

Edible plants are base point for crop sharing and community bonding

Biodiversity is enriched when distinctive planted spaces are linked and shared, favouring to a self-seed-

ing polyculture to take shape.

Linear plant arrangement also forms a scenic panorama frames to living

room users.

CPDI Africa 2015 | 3 Bed Bungalow | 102.89sqm| 25859029B59985813

Source of African Construction used in this Design

PAST

Climatic Comfort

Hierarchical relationship and symmetry

Spatial hierarchy shows bysize

Function drivesSpatial Organization

Spatial sequence and living as a delightful experience

Flatten Relationship for free planeNetwork Relationship

Productive Form to produce micro environment

Form as Expression

FORM

ORDER

SPACE

FUTURECURRENT

Design Philosophy

Easy to obtain timber in conventional methods Roofs as climatic Strategies and predominantly an expression

SOFT LANDSCAPESunshading and privacy shield

BUILDING COMPONENTS

Architectural ExpressionLocalization of Architectural Type

BUILDING MATERIALS

Use of fenestration to show history and tactile quality

decorative surfacesroof coverings soft walls and loose envelop

Patio and large overhangs

Thick wall for insulation, Large Overhang for shading and

CONTEMPORY EXPRESSION

TRADITIONAL MATERIALS

CONVENTIONAL TECHNOLOGY

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CPDI Africa 2015 | 3 Bed Bungalow | 102.89sqm| 25859029B59985813

Source of African Construction used in this Design

PAST

Climatic Comfort

Hierarchical relationship and symmetry

Spatial hierarchy shows bysize

Function drivesSpatial Organization

Spatial sequence and living as a delightful experience

Flatten Relationship for free planeNetwork Relationship

Productive Form to produce micro environment

Form as Expression

FORM

ORDER

SPACE

FUTURECURRENT

Design Philosophy

Easy to obtain timber in conventional methods Roofs as climatic Strategies and predominantly an expression

SOFT LANDSCAPESunshading and privacy shield

BUILDING COMPONENTS

Architectural ExpressionLocalization of Architectural Type

BUILDING MATERIALS

Use of fenestration to show history and tactile quality

decorative surfacesroof coverings soft walls and loose envelop

Patio and large overhangs

Thick wall for insulation, Large Overhang for shading and

CONTEMPORY EXPRESSION

TRADITIONAL MATERIALS

CONVENTIONAL TECHNOLOGY

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Design Concepts

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Medium sized tree

The domestic scale of landscape design is a fabric that wovens the naturalistic environment with the urban living. This integration reinforces functionality of the built space, while harmonizes the urban dwellers with local ecology.

Choices of plant species are focused on plants indigenous to Southern Sahara. Additional to the local touch, these plants are highly adoptive to domestic climate. Time and cost of management are thus minimized.

Hierarchical scale of vegetation, ranging from medium sized tree to groundcover, are planted with specific functions- shading, water retention, privacy, edibility are a few to name. Multi-scale plants also creates asthetic layering to blend urban living with naturalistic environment.

Landscape Strategies- Leverage the hardware with the soft

Evergreen + Wind breaking

Medium-sized trees are planted at two adjacent sides of the house to shade the house, and to prevent

heating up the open area.

Venetian panels increases surface area dew condensation, while

planters are elevated to shorten the distance of water conveyance to the

plants.

Medium-to-small -sized trees are planted at two adjacent sides of the house to shade the house. Shrubs

and ground cover are right beneath. Feature tress and climbers are placed

at the entrance.

Groundcover preserves moist in the soil, preventing excessive water

being evaporated.

Reduction of heat

Slow down water loss

Biodiveristy

Framing

Plant distribution

Visual Screening

Shading

Seasonal changes

Wind breaking

Evergreen + Shading Ornamental + Visual screening Ornamental + Barrier Moist + Seasonal features Vertical greeningEdible

10m+

8m

6m

2m

4m

Small sized tree Featrued tree Scrub Edible plant ClimberGround cover

kingd

raming

diveristy

e

Dew capture

Water Table

Azadirachta indica Linn.

Olea europaea L. subsp. africana M

ill.

Chukrasia tabularis

Cycas revoluta

Phoenix reclinata

Philodendron selloumH

arrisonia abyssinica Oliv

Carissa edulis (Forssk.) VahlA

cacia mellifera (Vahl.) Benth

New

arctotis hybrids

Jasminum

polyanthumThe Tapien verbena hybrid

Pennisetum am

ericanum

Horned m

elon

Digitaria exilis

Sorghum bicolor

Bougainvillea

Phoenix reclinata

Dense tree crowns slow down wind speed, together with groundcover, they help alleviate top soil erosion

Crop Community

Featured trees and climbers are visual barriers to add privacy to the

unit.

Scrubs, groundcover and climbers are species which show distinctive

seasonal changes.

Tree crowns shade house and open space, offering a more favourable

micro climate.

Edible plants are base point for crop sharing and community bonding

Biodiversity is enriched when distinctive planted spaces are linked and shared, favouring to a self-seed-

ing polyculture to take shape.

Linear plant arrangement also forms a scenic panorama frames to living

room users.

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The Water Zip project was designed for a coastal site with a 6-meter diurnal tid-al interval. The project contains sculptural qualities which unleash the hidden power of nature. The Zip, essentially two curved walls, work in passive tense, while movement of the water fabric is active. When water level rises, water is split from 1 to 2 by the walls, and converged from 2 to 1 when exceeding wall boundaries.

The Water ZipYangon Myanmar | Design Studio IITidal-SCAPE

Water zip dramatizes the power of nature triggered by high tide

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High tideCloudy evening

Low tideSunny morning

Between high and low tideFoggy afternoon

Slot openings on the wall, marked with 1 me-ter vertical interval apart from each other, let tide to kick off water curtain flow in a regular time pattern.

A shallow plateau is placed in between the walls, allowing visitors to witness the tidal change on dry land, while they can closely feel water rushing through on both sides.

Plateau Slot Opening

Inter-tidal zone

Dam Wall

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High tideCloudy evening

Low tideSunny morning

Process

Between high and low tideFoggy afternoon

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Collage connecting past, present and future of Sule Pagada Road

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Sule Pagoda Road is a North-South lying road located in the heart of the Yan-gon downtown. It has been one of the most primary roads of the city which exists in mid 19th century or before. The road is also important as it is a public gathering point. Many political events took place in the area.

The proposal challenges the current status of Sule Pagoda Road by uncovering the soul of the Pagoda it once possessed.

The redesigned space attempts to extract the pure beauty of the space by answering a few questions. What is a timeless form? How to shape respect and humbleness of a space? How to restore users-space relationship?

Spiritual Liberation of Sule Pagoda Road Yangon Myanmar | Design Studio IIReligious-SCAPE

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Master Plan of Sule Pago-da Road Junction

Sule Pagoda Detailed PlanFacade is an effective sound barrier. Its form is exploded from Pagoda’s base.

Dignity of Sule Pagoda is em-phasized through streetscape transiting from urban boulevard to slow-paced sacred centre

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Berm walkway featured with local bamboos visu-ally screen away cars on the roundabout. Alternate granite and cobble Road paving on the roundabout act as a natural bumper to slow down driving speed.

The section shows the sacred monument is connected to the nature. Mist condensed on the surface of the pagoda would be collected as it flows down, channeled to the bamboo planter on the inner edge of the berm.

The berm also serves as a sound barrier, providing a silent oasis despite being at the heart of the city.

Sule Pagoda Temple facade Section

Berm streetscape section

Turf facadeBamboo PlanterScreen wall be-hind entrance

Mist droplets collection

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LIFE RECORDSOil paintings, water colour paintings and sketchesDocumentary-SCAPE

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Suzhou, ChinaSai Kung Pier

Suzhou, ChinaSuzhou, China

Lei Yue Mun Main Street

43Seafood vendor, Lei Yue Mun The bakery, Lei Yue MunVillage life, Tai O

New and the decay, Kwun Tong

The grocery, Lei Yue Mun

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